The Most Well-Read U.S. Cities (According to Amazon.com)

The #1 city on Amazon’s list (and the top purchaser of non-fiction titles) is Cambridge, Massachusetts, while four of the top five cities are college towns. This suggests students may be shopping online for cheaper text books – another bad sign for the future of the bookstore.

But the #2 city was Alexandria, Virginia, one of three cities on the list within 10 miles of Washington D.C. — which surprisingly, was also reported by Amazon as the city which purchased the most children’s picture book.

well, if the bookstores weren’t such price gouging, greedy fuckers, they would get more business.

(ps- i got us on the map… ca caw!! lol).

justagirl

well, if the bookstores weren’t such price gouging, greedy fuckers, they would get more business.

(ps- i got us on the map… ca caw!! lol).

Asyrith

I would like to say that this can’t really be called the most well-read cities based on purchases made on Amazon. Portland comes in at number 19 on the list, but I would venture to say that’s because we have Powell’s Books. New and used books that take up a city block. I’m pretty sure most Portlanders do their book shopping there. I never buy on Amazon, but I purchase all the time, locally. Interesting enough, I suppose, but not a real idea of readers, in my opinion.

Asyrith

I would like to say that this can’t really be called the most well-read cities based on purchases made on Amazon. Portland comes in at number 19 on the list, but I would venture to say that’s because we have Powell’s Books. New and used books that take up a city block. I’m pretty sure most Portlanders do their book shopping there. I never buy on Amazon, but I purchase all the time, locally. Interesting enough, I suppose, but not a real idea of readers, in my opinion.